Hi all..... <S>
I try to get back once every couple of weeks to catch up on important BBS posts.
A continued <Salute> to Pyro for moving and removing inappropriate posts.
A comment on the 326 threads from the self appointed game police lobbying to remove or emasculate the F4U-1c.
Where does it end? Once that mission is accomplished then I guess everyone will have to start pushing to dump the P51d or the George. It seems to me that the former spoils the game by being too fast and the latter turns too well and its firepower is way too high, as they always seem to be shooting me down.
The primary fact is that HTC's MA as currently designed, is an OPEN almost post war environment, covering every plane from 1939 through to 1945 or later. As implemented by HT, that's what the purpose of this arena is, not some "they only built 200 of those, so it shouldn't be here" kind of world. If you want restrictions, then lobby for historical environments that match plane release dates within their appropriate venues and lump the F4U-1c into a late war special production category. Until then, you will always see the frustrated and a waste of energy posts, by people who strive to promote balance in an arena, that is inherently unbalanced and biased by design towards planes built during the late war. I remember during beta when the George was king of the arena and everyone was whining about it being over modeled.
Heck, I love to fly the Zeke. I sit there with "ghosth" wearing our Banzai head bands I brought us back from Japan and constantly get "banged" by planes that never flew in the same theatre or weren't built in enough quantities to have ever engaged an A6M5b. Give me a break! How many Georges engaged Zekes in the Pacific theatre.
You want a great match up? Set up a head to head arena and pit the A6M5b Zeke against the F4U1-d HOG and you get some fabulous 4 on 4's. You'll never see that in the MA.
BTW, in my opinion, it would be a mistake if HT listens to all of the over modeled whines on here and changes anything in FM or weapons on the F4U1-C as it relates to its competitiveness in the MA. IMHO, that has been the single largest problem with WB's in the last year, where the hyper reactions of small special interest groups (usually on AGW) caused changes to the program code, that simply kept the FM's and gunnery swinging back and forth creating further dissention. My comment is "stay the course" !!
A while ago, I asked HT about the F4U-1c personally and he assured me that it's on spec and within the program parameters of design for AH's program code simulation of flight, which is good enough for me. Until funked, wells, vermillion and a some other guys on here who's objective opinions on FM's I highly respect say it's so far out of whack that it does need to be changed, I vote to leave it alone and get on with enjoying the game. If they all said it needs some tweaking, then I'd fly whatever was the result. It's JUST A GAME.
A good virtual game pilot will be dangerous in any current MA plane, but especially so in an F4U-1c. I've noticed that the new or average AH pilots trying to fly these things because I'm sure they've heard all of the "uber" whining about them, still die real easy, even from my tortoise paced Zeke.
Just my comments and opinions under General Discussion about AH, to which I'm entitled.
Now, back to enjoying a fun simulation and 10Bears fabulous Luzon 2 terrain under Head to Head. You guys have to see and try that !!!!
Regards,
Badger
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